In the latest installment of Letsema Talks, we talk to Carolin Feck, a Senior Consultant at Letsema, about the Balanced Scorecard, its basic principles, how its weighting accounts for a holistic picture of business performance and why it is a strategic business management tool. Our conversation follows the recent article, Balanced Scorecard: An adaptable tool […]
In the next installment of Letsema Talks, Annabel Fenton, a Senior Consultant at Letsema, discusses how technology has changed how communities are defined and COVID-19’s impact upon social connection, among other topics. Our conversation follows Annabel’s recent article, ‘Constructed communities’ in the time of COVID-19 To find out more how the Strategy team can help […]
In the next installment of Letsema Talks, Yoshlin Pillay, a Consultant at Letsema, elaborates on what supply chain visibility (SCV) is and why SCV transcends operations to play a key role in an organisation’s strategic planning. Our conversation follows Yoshlin’s recent article, The what, why and how of supply chain visibility. Letsema Talks · Letsema […]
Prior to the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), there was already indicative research illustrating that our society has become increasingly socially distant, and lonely. In a 2018 survey, The Economist and the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) found that more than two in 10 adults in the United States (22%) and the United Kingdom […]
Author: Anandini Dabas The world of work is rapidly changing. New technologies driven by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are causing fundamental shifts in the labour market and creating a re-evaluative conjecture on what work is. The certainty workers possess on livelihood sustainability is now hinged on permanent-insecurity. The largest contingent radically propounding ‘neo-work’ are […]
Regulatory changes by the state and the agencies acting on their behalf have become a status quo for financial institutions, adding to their already onerous compliance requirements. The Mutual Evaluation Report is one measure which seeks to analyse the implementation and effectiveness of measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Compiled by the Financial […]
Katlego Tlale is a man of many talents, and he feels a powerful alignment with Letsema’s values. Tell us a little about your career background I wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted to do in my first year at Wits, so I started with what was then a Bachelors of Accountancy. I got some ‘vac […]
Local firms have the opportunity to evolve new ways of working and thinking The consulting industry has gone through a tumultuous period, with the deeds of a few tainting the many. It has been dragged through the mud. The nameplate consultancies involved in this public tarring and feathering have only themselves to blame for the […]
Strategic decision making should be informed by clear evidence and these are the principles that we apply within the Economic Development practice at Letsema Consulting. Any strategy we work on and conceptualise is built on facts, deductive reasoning and proof of concept, before we make recommendations are made to our clients. Combined with the entrepreneurial […]
Contrary to South Africa’s recent slate of poor economic growth, it has over the past two decades shown overall improvements, boosting living standards and reducing poverty nationwide. However, significant reforms are necessary to accelerate growth and create a self-sustaining platform for the country. South Africa, through the National Development Plan (NDP) aims to eliminate poverty […]
